September Tar Heel History

September 3, 2011Bryn Renner sets UNC's single-game completion percentage record (22-23, 95.7%) in a 42-10 win over James Madison in Chapel Hill

September 4, 2010Jheranie Boyds' 97-yard touchdown reception from T.J. Yates against LSU in the Chik-fil-A Kickoff Classic at the Georgia Dome is the longest play from scrimmage in UNC history

September 6, 2003UNC loses at home to Syracuse 49-47 in the first triple-overtime game in UNC football history

September 6, 2014Mack Hollins' 91-yard touchdown reception from Marquise Williams is the longest in Kenan Stadium history and the third longest in UNC history. Brian Walker also returns an interception 100 yards for a touchdown as UNC beats San Diego State, 31-27 (Video).

September 7, 1996#24 UNC beats #9 Syracuse, led by QB Donovan McNabb, 27-10 for its first road win over a top-10 team in 30 years

September 7, 2002Dan Orner kicks a UNC-record-long 55 yard field goal in a 30-22 win at Syracuse

September 11, 1993Jason Stanicek sets the UNC single game record with a quarterback rating of 263.48 (14/17, 288 yards, 2 TDs) and UNC sets single-game record for most yards gained (714 at 9.7 per play) as the 14th-ranked Tar Heels beat Maryland 59-42 in Chapel Hill. UNC running backs Curtis Johson (168) and Leon Johnson (101) each rushed for over 100 yards and Curtis Johnson recorded UNC's longest touchdown run (90 yds).

September 12, 1981Kelvin Bryant scores 6 touchdowns in a season-opening 56-0 win over ECU, famously handing the ball to paralyzed former teammate Steve Streater after TDs number 5 and 6.

September 13, 1952A polio outbreak on UNC's campus forces the cancellation of the Tar Heels' season-opening football game

September 14, 1985UNC quarterback Kevin Anthony attempts a school-record 53 passes in a 23-13 loss to LSU in Chapel Hill

September 16, 1978Dick Crum's first game as UNC head coach results in a 14-10 win over East Carolina

September 17, 2016Mitch Trubisky (24-27, 432 yds, 3 TD) sets UNC's single-game record with 18 consecutive completions and a UNC record 156 consecutive pass attempts without an interception in a 56-28 win over James Madison in Chapel Hill.

September 18, 1971Carolina shut out Illinois, 27-0, giving the Tar Heels back-to-back shutouts to open the season (they'd shut out Richmond, 28-0, in the opener)

September 18, 2015The No. 3 ranked UNC men's soccer team beats No. 2 ranked Notre Dame 4-2 in Chapel Hill behind a goal and two assists from Colton Storm, giving the Tar Heels their 700th win in program history.

September 19, 1987UNC wide receiver Randy Marriott sets a single-game school record for most receiving yards (247) in a 30-23 win at Georgia Tech

September 19, 1998Quarterback Ronald Curry sets a UNC freshman record with 370 total yards of offense in a 37-34 loss at Stanford

September 19, 2015Quinshad Davis sets the UNC career TD reception record with 22 (Hakeem Nicks, 21), and Ryan Switzer sets a UNC single-game record with 168 punt return yards (1 TD), breaking Bud Carson's total of 166 yards set in 1951 against NC State as UNC beats Illinois 48-14 in Chapel Hill. It's the Tar Heels' largest nonconference win against a Power Five opponent since a 41-7 win over Northwestern in 1977.

September 20, 1979The North Carolina women's soccer team plays its first ever game, defeating Duke 12-0 at UNC's Fetzer Field, in what would become the beginning of a college soccer dynasty.

September 20, 1986Running back Derrick Fenner crashes into coach Dick Crum on the sidelines, breaking the coach's leg in UNC's 10-10 tie with Florida State in Tallahassee.

September 22, 1951Bud Carson sets the UNC single-game record with 166 punt return yards as the Tar Heels beat NC State 21-0 in Chapel Hill.

September 22, 2001Fans storm the Kenan Stadium field and the goal posts come down after UNC dominates No. 6 Florida State, 41-9. The Tar Heels scored 34 straight unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Seminoles for the first time since they joined the ACC in 1992.

September 25, 1954Andy Griffith, five years after graduating from UNC, performs 'What It Was, Was Football' (Video) prior to the Carolina-NC State game in Kenan Stadium. This photo captured the moment, as did this one. The Tar Heels went on to defeat the Wolfpack 20-6.

September 27, 2003UNC sets a school record for most yards gained in a loss (550) in a 47-34 loss at NC State

September 27, 2008Brandon Tate sets an NCAA career record for combined kick return yardage (3,523) in a 28-24 win at Miami

September 29, 2012Giovani Bernard scores twice, Bryn Renner throws three touchdown passes and UNC sets a school single-game scoring record in a 66-0 win against Idaho in Chapel Hill.

September 30, 1948Legendary Franklin Street restaurant the Rathskeller, popularly known as "The Rat", opens its doors on September 30, 1948. An article in The Daily Tar Heel advertised that UNC's very own Andy Griffith would be "wandering among the tables with his guitar" to welcome diners.

September 30, 2000Quarterback Ronald Curry sets a UNC single-game record for most total yards by a junior (400). Curry's 78-yard touchdown pass to Kory Bailey is the longest in Kenan Stadium history as the Tar Heels fall to Georgia Tech 42-28.